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Sunday, November 01, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Bones creep her out.
At the specialist with April. She says that bones creep her out.
Sent from my iPhoneThese are my thoughts on Fall, and the dying of everything.
You may not know this, but my Father died in the Fall.
Even before his death, Fall was a heavy time for me. As an artist, I have always done my best work in the Fall. As the leaves turn and the skies gray, I feel myself going to my greatest depth. My soul begins to hurt and I begin to create to relieve the pain. It feels good. This year, I have felt overwhelmed at times. Completely unable to create. My guitars sit in the corner, their cases dusty and unopened. My computer sits dormant with no stories being written. Even my pads of paper are clean, without a doodle in sight. I'm not sure how to break this funk, but I am certain that the cage is one of my own making. One would think that if I built the cage I should be able to get out of it, but one would be wrong. This year, I have some things weighing on my heart that a song can't fix, a story can't explain, and a picture can't heal. There is no amount of self expression that can relieve the pain, and that's probably a good thing. I need this right now, and therefore I accept the pain and hurt and confusion as much as I wish it could be different. Hopefully by next year I will be healed and so happy that I don't feel that I have to write. For now, I'll listen to my old songs and stare at the leaves...Sent from my iPhone
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
NYTimes: A New Electronic Reader, the Nook, Enters the Market
From The New York Times: A New Electronic Reader, the Nook, Enters the Market The publishing community had generally positive views of the device and was relieved that the popular Kindle would have a competitor. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/technology/21nook.html Sent from my iPhone
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Wow. This is HUGE. Pope Approves Plan to Allow Anglicans Into the Fold
From The New York Times: Pope Approves Plan to Allow Anglicans Into the Fold Former Anglicans who become Catholic will be allowed to preserve some liturgical traditions from the Church of England. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/world/europe/21pope.html Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting http://itunes.com/apps/nytimes
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Monday, October 19, 2009
More Kentucky Bourbon Distillery Pics
One of the rules is that Bourbon has to be aged in virgin barrels. This means a lot of used barrels getting used for other things... Like planters. (I caught Rusty spitting in these)
Did I like aging house K?
You bet I did!!! Did I mention that the entire grounds smell like sweet bourbon? This is a pic of me kissing a barrel of Pappy Van Winkle.
Inside the bottling house, these bottles are waiting for the goodness.
I don't remember what this thing did, but the sign was cool.
Rusty participated in the barrel rolling contest with a time of 24 seconds! They offered him a future job on the spot!
Josh had the days fastest time to the corner before getting hung up on the end lap. (23 seconds)
Yours truly had a pretty darned good showing, coming in third for the day with 20 seconds. (a time of 19.7 seconds was the winner)
Final pictures coming later...
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Weekend Pics
Well, here are some pics from the weekend in Kentucky.
This is Rusty and I at Buffalo trace. I told him he couldn't climb on it and five minutes later, some old ladies climbed up and took pictures. Thanks, grandma, for making me look unhip to my kid.
This is the famous "aging house k" where some of the greatest bourbons in history were aged. I got to see some barrels of Pappy Van Winkle single barrel that had been aging for 12 years already and weren't done.
The distillery is in downtown Frankfort, KY, which is strange. The town is kind of gross to be honest, but the grounds of Buffalo Trace are beautiful and have really cool old buildings and well manicured gardens. This water tower stands above it all.
I took the tour but didn't get to do Bourbon Bootcamp. Maybe next year!
I'll post more pics shortly!
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